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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen briefs reporters at the Pentagon, April 2, 2008, about what is known concerning recent combat operations in Iraq's southern city of Basra.

PENTAGON BRIEFING

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen briefs reporters at the Pentagon, April 2, 2008, about what is known concerning recent combat operations in Iraq's southern city of Basra.

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